Israel Adesanya successfully defended the middleweight title for the fifth time at UFC 276 this weekend against Jared Cannonier. “The Last Stylebender” got the job done via unanimous decision, but many were left underwhelmed by his performance.
Actor Chris Pratt, for one, expressed dissatisfaction with Adesanya’s “pitter-patter” performance that night. Now a few days removed from the bout, Adesanya’s coach Eugene Bareman is responding to those critics in an interview with Submission Radio.
“Look, I’m not gonna say that Cannonier is to blame,” he said. “Look, in a fight there’s two people in a fight, right?